Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2000 09:17:00 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPTP Message-ID: <200008190717.e7J7H0G22330@grimreaper.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008190352180.29632-100000@w2xo.w2xo.pgh.pa.us> ; from Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> "Sat, 19 Aug 2000 03:57:08 GMT." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008190352180.29632-100000@w2xo.w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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> Does anyone have any advice regarding security problems caused by > PPTP using PopTop on FreeBSD? > > We'd like to implement this, but I'm a little nervous about it, > having heard that the cypher has been cracked. Is this true? > How about root access from buffer overflows, etc? Look on Bruce Schneier's site - http://www.counterpane.com (take the "labs" link). He has a cryptanalysis of PPTP there that may be what you are looking for. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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